"That was really his first time telling you he loves you?!" "That sounds so sweet!"
Sakura and Ino,who had brought Inojin for a checkup,hovered over Naruto. Sakura poked his chest and asked,"So when was the first time you told Sasuke you loved him?"
Naruto's face turned bright red as he rubbed the back of his head. "Well,t-that's kind of embarrassing,Ya Know."
The two got closer. "It's alright,Naruto. You can tell us." "Yeah. Come on. Tell us."
Naruto's blush deepened as they kept pestering him for an answer before he looked away and answered,"I...I blurted it out while we were having sex in the Hot Springs on our second date."
Hinata,who was sitting in a chair by the bed,looked up from feeding Himoto as Sakura and Ino's faces turned red. They sat back down in their chairs. "Sounds,romantic..."
Naruto covered his face with his hands in a failed attempt to hide his tomato red face as Tsunade walked in with Sasuke. "Alright. Visiting hours are over. Sakura,Room 110 needs your help."
They nodded and left,with Tsunade following behind them,as Sasuke sat next to Naruto. "How you feeling?"
Naruto lowered his hands and smiled. "A lot better." Then he lowered his head. "But,I'm sorry. Our first Christmas together,and I sleep the whole day."
Sasuke placed his hand on Naruto's and gently rubbed his thumb against his skin. "It's alright. You needed,and deserved,that sleep." He smiled as Naruto looked up. "Besides,the three of us will get to spend New Years together."
Naruto gave a closed eye smile before Sasuke bumped his forehead on Naruto's. "And thank you for giving me the ability to say 'the three of us' now."
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Daichi opened his eyes to look around at all the new noises he heard as Naruto and Sasuke walked home from the hospital. Naruto looked down at the red bundle and said,"This is where you're gonna grow up,Daichi. The Hidden Leaf Village."
Daichi gave a small open mouthed smile before looking around again as Naruto felt a tug on his shirt. He turned around to see Mirai,who frowned when she saw Naruto's stomach. "Your tummy isn't big anymore."
Naruto knelt down and showed her Daichi. "That's because I had my baby."
Mirai's eyes sparkled as Daichi looked up at her. "He looks like you,Uncle Naruto!"
Naruto chuckled as she started poking Daichi's cheek. Daichi tried moving away,but only wiggled in his red blanket.
Kurenai ran up and pulled Mirai towards her. "What have I told you about running off?" Mirai gave a pout. "But I saw Uncle Naruto and Mister Sasuke and I wanted to feel the baby in Uncle Naruto's tummy."
Kurenai let out a sigh and picked up Mirai then bowed. "Sorry about that."
Naruto shook his head and smiled. "Don't be. I enjoy seeing little Mirai after so long."
Kurenai smiled then looked down at the red bundle in Naruto's hands. She chuckled,"He's got your eyes."
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After waving goodbye to Kurenai and Mirai,Naruto looked at Sasuke and smiled. "It's nice to see them again."
Sasuke nodded and looked at the stands being put up. "So,what do you wanna do for New Years?"
Naruto smiled and said,"Let's go and have a nice dinner. Then we can see the firewo..." He looked down at Daichi. "He might be too little for those."
Sasuke frowned at the sad look on Naruto's face then nudged him with his elbow."We'll go out,have the dinner then,if Daichi's asleep,we'll watch the fireworks from our roof."
Naruto looked up and gave Sasuke a smile.
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Ken cracked an evil smile as he lifted up a boulder. Sasuke watched horror as he launched the boulder and it made contact with the safe house.
Ken disappeared as Sasuke ran up to the house once smoke cleared.
With tears forming in his eyes,he saw blood splattered on the ground as he got closer the bed.
He dropped to his knees as he saw Naruto,half crushed and crying,with blood running down from his mouth. He held out his hand and let out a weak,"Sa...su...ke..." before the life left his eyes and his hand fell.
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Sasuke shot up from the bed,covered in sweat and tears threatening to fall,and tried to even his breathing before looking over and seeing Naruto fast asleep besides him.
Sasuke picked him up and held him close,gently so he wouldn't wake him up,then just sat in silence as the tears rolled down his face.
After a couple minutes,Daichi's cries came though the baby monitor and made Naruto twitch.
Sasuke quickly laid him back down then shut off the baby monitor. After pulling the covers over Naruto,Sasuke made his way to Daichi's room.
Daichi's face was already red from crying as Sasuke picked him up. "What's the matter this time?"
He checked Daichi's diaper,which was clean and dry,then started rocking him. "Did you just want attention?"
Daichi calmed down enough for Sasuke to hear his stomach growl in between Daichi's whimpering.
He made a bottle of formula and watched Daichi start sucking on the nipple before spitting it out and crying.
Sasuke frowned and washed out the bottle and filling it up with milk,only to have Daichi spit out the nipple again.
"Alright. How about just water?"
He held the third drink for Daichi as the nipple slipped in his mouth. Daichi spit it out and let a louder cry as Naruto walked up,rubbing his eye. "What's wrong?"
Sasuke watched Naruto take Daichi from his arms as he said,"He won't eat,drink,whatever."
Naruto got Daichi to calm as he looked up at Sasuke. "Seriously? He was eating just fine in the hospital."
Sasuke nodded. "I tried the formula,milk,and water."
Naruto frowned and started rocking Daichi in the rocking chair. "Isn't there anything we can give him? I don't wanna have to take him back to the hospital after bringing him home."
Sasuke sighed and tried to think of something before his eyes went wide a little then looked down at Naruto's chest.
Naruto looked up at Sasuke,then down at his chest,then back up at Sasuke with his eyebrow raised. "What?"
Sasuke clasped his hands together and put them in front of his lips before saying,"Remember how you said your chest hurt during your pregnancy?"
Naruto nodded as Sasuke continued,"Well that's cause your body was making milk. And,since Daichi won't eat anything we're giving him,maybe you could,you know."
Naruto's face turned bright red. "You want me to breastfeed him?!"
"Well,he won't eat anything else and it's our only option at the moment."
Naruto looked down at Daichi,little tears were in his blue eyes,before he nodded. "F-fine. But you can't look."
"Naruto. I've seen your chest before." "I said you can't look!"
Sasuke sighed at the amount of blush on Naruto's face before he turned around and crossed his arms.
Naruto took off his shirt and held Daichi up to his chest then shivered as Daichi started drinking. "Ughh. This feels weird..."
Sasuke turned back a little and said,"Really? You really seem to like it when I suck on your..." "Shut up!"
Sasuke frowned. "I was gonna say neck."
Naruto's blush increased. "I know what you're gonna say."
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Sasuke put the baby bag strap over his shoulder as he called for Naruto. "Hurry up,Dobe."
Naruto ran up in his black kimono,decorated with red swirls on the bottom,that was held together with an orange belt,while his tomato hair clip held back the middle and left half of his bangs. "Sorry. Daichi didn't wanna stay still while I got him dressed."
Sasuke looked down at Daichi,who was wearing a black kimono with a red flame patterns around the bottom as a red belt kept the kimono closed. "I'm just glad it fits. I honestly thought he was gonna be too small."
Naruto smiled and followed Sasuke as they'd left. Sasuke was wearing a white kimono that covered in a scale and flame pattern,tied together with a purple strap,and wore a blue jacket with the Uchiha symbol on the front sides.
Soon they were walking around all the booths and Naruto spotted Hinata and Hiroshi. "Hey! Hinata! Hiroshi!"
Hiroshi,wearing a simple Hyuga kimono,waved as Hinata,wearing a white kimono covered in purple flowers,made Himoto,dressed in a flowery purple kimono,wave.
Naruto run up and held up Daichi for Himoto to see. "Look Daichi. A friend for when you get bigger."
Daichi stared at Himoto for a little bit before a smile appeared on his face. Himoto simply clapped.
"I think they like each other."
Hinata nodded with a smile.
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Sakura,in a red kimono,walked up and smiled at Daichi. "He seems hyper."
"That's good,right?"
Sakura nodded. "What have you been feeding him?"
Naruto looked away as blush formed while Sasuke just chuckled,making Sakura tilt her head in confusion.
She then shook her head and asked,"Can I hold him?"
Naruto smiled and held him out. "You're gonna be the first person to hold him since we brought him home that wasn't me or Sasuke."
Sakura smiled and gently shifted Daichi in her arms. She smiled and said,"Hi there. I'm your Aunt Sakura." then she poked his nose
Daichi looked Sakura's finger as she pulled it away with annoyance. He looked up and gave her a glare,making Naruto laugh. "Look,Sasuke. He got your glare."
Sakura raised her fist as tick mark appeared on her head. "It's not funny!"
Naruto glared at Sakura,daring her to hit him,as Sasuke said,"My glare or your glare?" to himself.
Daichi watched as Sakura waved fist,sensing something was wrong,before he bursted into tears.
Naruto quickly took him from her and rocked him. "It's alright. I won't let the Forehead Lady hurt me or you."
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Naruto finished chewing his second dango as Sasuke walked out the bathroom,Daichi in his arms. "Why did I have to change him? You know he hates when I did."
Naruto smiled and took a bite out of the third dango. "Cause I was eating. Besides,you need more practice changing him."
A tick mark appeared on Sasuke's head as Naruto threw the stick away and grabbed Daichi. "Well then you get to feed him." Sasuke reached in the baby bag and pulled out a bottle. "This is your milk,right?"
Naruto blushed slightly,annoyance on his face,as he grabbed the bottle and said,"Yes. But,do you have to say it like that?"
Sasuke chuckled. "Does that bother you?"
"Yes. A lot." "Then yes,I do have to say it like that."
A tick mark appeared on Naruto's head as he glared at Sasuke while Daichi sucked down the bottle. "Teme!"
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After changing Daichi into a fox footsie pj,Naruto wrapped Daichi up in his red blanket as he rocked him in the rocking chair.
Sasuke walked in and smiled as Daichi let out a yawn.
Once Daichi fell asleep,Naruto carefully laid him in down in the crib and pulled up his covers while Sasuke turned on the baby monitor. "Now we can go to the roof and wait for the fireworks.
Naruto smiled and nodded then headed out the door,which Sasuke quietly closed behind him.
After grabbing the baby monitor from their room,Naruto and Sasuke climbed up to the roof and Sasuke wrapped his arms around Naruto. "Today was fun."
Naruto smiled and hugged Sasuke's arms. "Yeah. We got to go out and Daichi got to meet a couple people."
Sasuke smiled then the two looked up as the countdown started. "10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2...1... Happy New Years!"
Naruto pulled the string for his popper as the first firework went off.
"Happy Anniversary."
Naruto looked up at Sasuke,eyebrow raised. "It's not our wedding anniversary yet."
Sasuke leaned down and kissed Naruto then pulled away and said,"It's been one year since I asked you to marry me."
Naruto smiled then laid his head on Sasuke's chest as the two watched the fireworks.
"Happy Anniversary,Ya Know."
